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Johnny Manziel raised some eyebrows recently when he tweeted that he couldn’t wait to get out of College Station. The reigning Heisman Trophy winner apparently isn’t a happy where he is at Texas A&M and a new report has reinforced that. According to The Dallas Morning News, Manziel nearly transferred away from Texas A&M before the 2012 season. [...]
With the transgressions of Everett Golson coming to light over the weekend, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team finds itself without the player under center that helped lead it to a 12-1 record and a spot in the BCS title game. While speculation abounds that Golson will attempt to re-enroll at Notre Dame for [...]
It’s understandable what Michigan football coach Brady Hoke is trying to do, stirring up some controversy with his remarks that Notre Dame is “chickening out” of the two teams’ rivalry after the 2014 season.
He was the first player to top 7,000 yards rushing and finished with 7,125 career yards on the ground. That’s over four miles worth of turf that Ron Dayne chewed up in his tenure as the Wisconsin Badgers’ tailback from 1995 to 1999. He graduated at the NCAA’s all-time leading rusher. You’d think that would [...]
Answers. That’s what everyone is looking for from Manti Te’o and the University of Notre Dame right now. The sports world was shocked on Wednesday when Deadspin reported that the inspirational sports story surrounding Te’o and the passing of his girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, was a complete fabrication. Not only was this fairy tale a hoax, [...]
Year after year, I get overwhelmed with enthusiasm when college football season gets here. And yet, every single year, I always find myself disappointed at the season’s end. Not because the college football year has ended, but because of the travesty known as “bowl season” was far from entertaining.
Here is Kurt’s annual against-the-spread picks for all 35 NCAA bowl games ending the 2012 season, along with players to watch for NFL Draft purposes.
Surely, anyone who watched the Big Ten Championship game on Saturday night knows that Nebraska doesn’t deserve the opportunity to play in a BCS bowl game. As Lee Corso would say, “not so fast, my friend.”
It was an enjoyable time making these selections this year, even though the football wasn’t the best we’ve ever seen. Kevin wins this year’s contest by a total of 8 points, so congratulations to my Buckeye fanatic friend.
The college football regular season is coming to a close. Sigh. Even though there still remain conference championships and bowl games, this will be the final weekend for our Saturday selections.
As always, we begin with some of the marquee games to pay attention to this week and then provide you with the entire rundown of the college football TV schedule and point spreads for Week 13.
After last week, Ohio State is now one win away from a perfect season, Indiana and Iowa are out of the postseason picture, and Michigan State and Purdue each need a win next weekend to secure a bowl berth.
Here’s a countdown of some of the Heisman races that voters might wish they could do over, given the benefit of years of hindsight.
As always, we begin with some of the marquee games to pay attention to this week and then provide you with the entire rundown of the college football TV schedule and point spreads for Week 12.
Several teams had a lot to play for this past weekend, and while it hasn’t been a dream season for the Big Ten, some schools still have dreams they kept alive.
